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Comparing Lay Community and Academic Survey Center Interviewers in Conducting Household Interviews in Latino Communities
Progress in community health partnerships, v 10(3), pp 435-442
01 Sep 2016
PMID: 28230551
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Abstract
Background: The employment of professional interviewers from academic survey centers to conduct surveys has been standard practice. Because one goal of community-engaged research is to provide professional skills to community residents, this paper considers whether employing locally trained lay interviewers from within the community may be as effective as employing interviewers from an academic survey center with regard to unit and item nonresponse rates and cost.
Methods: To study a nutrition-focused intervention, 1035 in-person household interviews were conducted in East Los Angeles and Boyle Heights, 503 of which were completed by lay community interviewers. A chi-square test was used to assess differences in unit nonresponse rates between professional and community interviewers and Welch's t tests were used to assess differences in item nonresponse rates. A cost comparison analysis between the two interviewer groups was also conducted.
Results: Interviewers from the academic survey center had lower unit nonresponse rates than the lay community interviewers (16.2% vs. 23.3%; p < 0.01). However, the item nonresponse rates were lower for the community interviewers than the professional interviewers (1.4% vs. 3.3%;p < 0.01). Community interviewers cost approximately $415.38 per survey whereas professional interviewers cost approximately $537.29 per survey.
Conclusions: With a lower cost per completed survey and lower item nonresponse rates, lay community interviewers are a viable alternative to professional interviewers for fieldwork in community-based research. Additional research is needed to assess other important aspects of data quality interviewer such as interviewer effects and response error.
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- Title
- Comparing Lay Community and Academic Survey Center Interviewers in Conducting Household Interviews in Latino Communities
- Creators
- Alec M. Chan-Golston - University of California at Los AngelesScott Friedlander - University of California at Los AngelesDeborah C. Glik - University of California at Los AngelesMichael L. Prelip - University of California at Los AngelesThomas R. Belin - University of California at Los AngelesRon Brookmeyer - BloombergRobert Santos - Urban InstituteJie Chen - University of Maryland, College ParkAlexander N. Ortega - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Progress in community health partnerships, v 10(3), pp 435-442
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins Univ Press
- Number of pages
- 8
- Grant note
- R25HL108854 / NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Heart Lung & Blood Institute (NHLBI) P30MH058107 / NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) P50 HL105188; R25 HL108854 / National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH); United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Heart Lung & Blood Institute (NHLBI)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Health Management and Policy
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000387632800010
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84994793899
- Other Identifier
- 991019168355504721
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